More Than 50 Killed In Benghazi, Tripoli Clashes -- Reuters
(Reuters) - At least 36 people were killed in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi where Libyan Special Forces and Islamist militants clashed on Saturday night and Sunday morning, medical and security sources said.
The government said more than 150 people have died, many of them civilian, in the capital Tripoli and Benghazi in two weeks of fighting as clashes forced U.S. and foreign diplomats to pull out of the country.
In Tripoli, 23 people, all Egyptian workers, were killed when a rocket hit their home on Saturday during fighting between rival militias battling over the city's main airport, the Egyptian state news agency reported.
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More News On The Ongoing Violence In Libya
Dozens Killed as Libyan Forces Battle Militias in East -- WSJ
Over 50 dead in Tripoli airport battle as foreigners leave collapsing Libya -- RT
Libyan fighting leaves scores dead -- Al Jazeera
Battle for Tripoli airport: Toll rises to 97 -- Oman daily
Scores Dead in Libya Violence -- VOA
British embassy convoy attacked in Libya's Tripoli -- The Telegraph
U.S. Diplomats and Marines Close Embassy and Flee Libya Fighting -- Daily Beast
U.S. evacuates Libya embassy after 'free-wheeling militia violence' -- Reuters
US evacuates embassy in Libya amid clashes in Tripoli -- FOX News
US closes embassy in Libya after militia battles in Tripoli -- The Guardian
U.S. Evacuates Embassy in Libya Amid Clashes -- WSJ
Foreigners urged to leave Libya amid rising violence -- AFP
Libya: western countries urge citizens to leave as civil war intensifies -- The Guardian
French Foreign Ministry Calls On French Nationals To Leave Libya -- Reuters
Power, water, fuel and internet cuts plague Tripoli and Benghazi -- Libya Herald
What Is Happening in Libya -- ABC News
My Comment: We must all face the facts .... the U.S. and the West have now abandoned Libya .... and Libya itself is now in a state of civil war.
Update: More than 150 dead in worst Libyan violence since ousting of Gadafy -- Irish Times
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The world's getting mighty iffy out there.
I am worried about Ukraine James. I am listening to Russian news .... in short .... Moscow is on the verge of committing to an even a greater involvement in that mess. Will be update later tonight.
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